DOCUMENT:Q99765 21-JUL-1993 [W_NTAS] TITLE :INF: Windows NT Services for Macintosh PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server PROD/VER:3.10 OPER/SYS:WINDOWS KEYWORDS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft Windows NT Services for Macintosh easily and inexpensively Macintosh and IBM PC-compatible computers to share files and printers. Up to 255 Macintosh uses can connect to each Windows NT server, as easily as they can connect to an AppleShare volume. PC users can connect to the server as well, which provides a mechanism to transfer files between systems. A Macintosh user can print to a PostScript printer, and many non-PostScript printers, connected to the Windows NT server as easily as they can print to a LaserWriter on the Macintosh network. Furthermore, any PC user can print to a LaserWriter connected to the Macintosh network. This article discusses the following topics: - Transparent File Sharing - Inexpensive, High Performance File and Print Server - Two-way Printer Sharing - A Printing Miracle - Integrated Administration - Easy Upgrade - System Requirements Transparent File Sharing ------------------------ To a Macintosh user, a Windows NT file server looks just like an AppleShare server. To a PC user, a Windows NT server looks like any PC network server (a Windows NT server can share a CD-ROM drive as well). The server intelligently manages file names, icons, and access permissions for the different networks. For example, each Word for Windows file appears in the Macintosh environment with the corresponding Word for Macintosh icon. The Windows NT server supports launching Macintosh applications from the file server. The Windows NT file system (NTFS) provides multistream file access that supports storing resource forks and Finder information in the same file, and supports 31 character filenames, including an on-the-fly filename translation facility for all client types. These features increase performance and aid volume management. Furthermore, the system administrator can require Macintosh users to use Windows NT Encryption when they log into a server, to provide enhanced password and network security. Inexpensive, High Performance File and Print Server --------------------------------------------------- Windows NT Services for Macintosh allow you to convert any computer running Windows NT, with its built-in networking, to a non-dedicated, high-performance, AppleShare-compliant file and print server. In other words, you receive great performance for less than the cost of a comparable Macintosh computer running AppleShare, and for less cost than that provided by other PC-based solutions, which require a dedicated machine and expensive networking software. Two-way Printer Sharing ----------------------- Windows NT Services for Macintosh not only gives Macintosh users access to printers on the Windows NT network, but it also acts as a print spooler. This means that Macintosh users can get back to work faster, before their documents have finished printing, and without using valuable hard-disk space on their local machine for spooling. Furthermore, a network administrator can control the print queue for networked LaserWriter printers just like any other printer attached to a Windows NT network. Of course, a PC user can also use the same print queues to print to any LaserWriter connected to the Macintosh network. A Printing Miracle ------------------ The best news of all may be that the Windows NT Services for Macintosh has a built in PostScript-compatible printing engine. With this engine, a Macintosh can print to any printer connected to the Windows NT network as if it was a LaserWriter. You can finally get great-looking output even from some of your oldest printers and take advantage of your existing hardware investment, instead of being forced to upgrade. Integrated Administration ------------------------- The process of administering and configuring the Windows NT Services for Macintosh is tightly integrated into Windows NT. The administrator is required to manage only one set of users and groups. You can create Macintosh-accessible volumes directly from the Windows NT File Manager and administer Windows NT Services for Macintosh in the Control Panel. The system automatically translates Windows NT file and directory permissions into corresponding Macintosh permissions. Windows NT supports multiple physical network topologies: TokenRing (TokenTalk), Ethernet (EtherTalk), and "serial" (LocalTalk). Easy Upgrade ------------ Users of LAN Manager Services for Macintosh version 1.0 can smoothly upgrade to Windows NT Services for Macintosh version 3.1. The upgrade converts existing OS/2-based volumes, leaving permissions intact. System Requirements ------------------- System 6.0.7 and above (clients) AFP 2.1-compliant Additional reference words: 3.10 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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